THE Zoe Gilby Quintet will perform for Opus 4 Jazz club, at the Traveller’s Rest, in Cockerton, on Friday (March 14).

Doors open at 8pm, for an 8.30pm start.

Admission costs £6 at the door. For more information, call 01325-382676.

ROTARY CLUB: President Ken Young presented a cheque for £250 Russell Rowell of the Team GB under-21s canoeing crew. It will be used towards the cost of competing in the world championships in France. Chris Lloyd, deputy editor of The Northern Echo, entertained members with a talk about Darlington Covered Market. The meeting speaker was Colonel (retired) Mo Usman, manager of the Help the Heroes centre at Phoenix House, at Catterick.